Flexibility within Fidelity

Philip C. Kendall is Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University. He is also Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic (CAADC) at the university. Dr. Kendall is an active researcher, scholar, and clinician and has approximately 800 publications, with his treatment programs having been translated into over a dozen languages. Most recently, he was awarded the 2019 Career/Lifetime Achievement Award conferred at the ABCT annual convention. He is past president of both the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53) of APA as well as the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT, now ABCT).

This is a must-have book for any therapist treating patients with anxiety, depression, OCD, aggression, pain and a variety of other disorders. Although empirically-supported treatments are the clear gold-standard for treating these problems, clinicians often struggle with how best to balance the need for fidelity in applying manualized treatments with the flexibility necessary to meet the specific needs of a given patient and their family. This book provides expert and highly pragmatic guidance for how to achieve this balance. Dr. Kendall, one of leading developers of empirically-supported treatments, has assembled an all-star cast of clinical researchers and treatment developers to guide readers through the key steps for achieving flexibility with fidelity in service of optimal clinical outcomes.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: Being Flexible while Maintaining FidelityRachel M. Butler, Emily B. O'Day, and Richard G. Heimberg Chapter 2: Flexible Principles for the Treatment of Adult WorryAmy R. Sewart and Michelle G. Craske Chapter 3: PTSD Treatment with Adults: Making Modifications while Maintaining FidelityColleen A. Sloan, Scott Litwack, and Denise M. Sloan Chapter 4: Being Flexible while Maintaining Fidelity in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of DepressionDaniel R. Strunk, Abby Adler Mandel, and Iony D. Ezawa Chapter 5: Empirically Supported Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Core Elements and Adaptive ApplicationsMartin E. Franklin and Sarah G. Turk Karan Chapter 6: Being Flexible While Maintaining Fidelity for Medical Patients: Patient-Centered and Team-Based StrategiesMira Reichman, Victoria A. Grunberg, James D. Doorley, Jafar Bakshaie, Ethan G. Lester, Ryan A. Mace, and Ana-Maria Vranceanu Chapter 7: Goodness of Fit: Flexing Manualized Treatment for Hoarding DisorderSuzanne Otte, Christiana Bratiotis, and Gail Steketee Chapter 8: Treatment of Chronic Pain: Importance of Flexibility and FidelityJohn D. Otis Chapter 9: Flexible Applications of Family-based Therapy for Youth with Bipolar Spectrum DisordersHaley M. Brickman and Mary A. Fristad Chapter 10: How to Bend but Not Break an Empirically Supported Treatment for Anxiety in YouthLara S. Rifkin, Lindsay Myerberg, Elizabeth A. Gosch, Lesley A. Norris, Margaret E. Crane, and Philip C. Kendall Chapter 11: The Coping Power Program for Children with Aggressive Behavior ProblemsJohn E. Lochman, Nicole P. Powell, and Shannon Jones Chapter 12: Delivering Treatment for Adolescent Panic Disorder with Flexibility and FidelityDonna B. Pincus, Laura Nelson Darling, and Ovsanna Leyfer Chapter 13: Tourette and Trichotillomania: Adapting Treatment while Maintaining FidelityJennifer R. Alexander, Jordan T. Stiede, and Douglas W. Woods